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BARREL SKID.

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ALBERT U. GRUMMA'NN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- A HALF TO JOHN F. BROWN, OF SAME PLACE.

BARREL-SKID.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 311,655, dated February 3. 1885.

Application fied Decembir 13, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT U. GRUMMANN, of the city of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Skids, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to provide an effective and convenient means whereby barrels may be rolled or piled up in tiers, one above another, without the strain and labor of lifting them bodily. This object is accomplished by constructing a skid provided with legs at one end, (which are commonly made adjustable, so as to reach two or more tiers,)

skid adapted to be swung around, so as to extend out from the elevated end of the main skid in any direction. Theapparatus also preferably includes a turn-table at the top of the main skid and means for automatically Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure l is a perspective view of one of my improved skids as it appears when in use; Fig. 2, a top plan of the same; Fig. 3, a side elevation thereof; Fig. 4, an end elevation; Fig. 5, a side elevation with the adjustable legs extended; Fig. 6, an end elevation of the same; Fig. 7, a detail sectional view on the dotted line z z in Figs. 2, 4, and 8; and Fig. 8 a detail under side plan, looking upwardly from the dotted line 3 y in Fig. 7.

In said drawings the portions marked A 1'ep resentthe main skid, Bthe supplemental skid, and C the turn-table. The skid A has legs A at one end, and preferably strengtheningbraces A extending from near the bottom of said legs to a suitable point on the body of the skid, as shown. The cross-bars connecting the sides of this main skid are preferably made of bar-iron, the ends thereof being bent at right angles and bolted fast to said sides. The upper one of these cross-bars is arranged to cross the space between the skid-sides on a level wit-h their upper surfaces, while the others are preferably inverted and cross on a level with the lower surfaces of said sides. The upper one is thus adapted to form a bearing-plate, upon which the supplemental skid and the turn-table are mounted and operate, and the position of the lower ones permits the supplemental skidto lie between the sides of the main skid when the device is not in use. Extensioirlegs A are mounted in clips at on the legs A, and slide therein. Then the skid is used to roll barrels up into a second tier, as shown in Fig. 1, these extension-legs are left out of use alongside the main legs A. When a third tier is to be put in place, the skid is raised. these extension-legs run down and turned until the projections a thereon engage with the projections a on the legs A, as shown in Figs. 5. and 6. There may be two or more of these projections a", in order to the better accommodate the device to use in piling up barrels of different sizes. Where the barrels are uniform in size, but one is needed. The supplemental skid B is mounted upon a pivot, 12, extending through its end and through the upper cross-bar of the skid A, and is adapted to swing thereon, so as to extend out in any desired direction from that point. It is hinged at b, and its outer end thus adapted to be raised and lowered, as well as swung around from side to side. It is also preferably constructed in two sections, as shown, and is thus made adjustable, one of said sections being provided with clips, through which the ends of the other pass. The pivot bis revoluble and provided with an arm, b, to which a spring, a, secured to the frame of the skid A is attached. The operation of this is to return the pivot to its ordinary position when the force thereon is released after it has been turned around to another position, for purposes which will presently be explained. The turntable O is provided with a shank, 0, preferably square,which is mounted in a corresponding hole or socket in the pivot b. The turn-table is thusadapted to be turned with said pivot in any direction, and to be returned to its normal position in line with the main skid A by the springafiupon being released, ready 5 rolled up the main skid A against and upon the turntable O, and are stopped or prevented from rolling off over the end of the skid there- IOO about, so that the side which faceddown the by Letters Patent, is

by. When in position on the turn-table, the

barrehtoge ther with said turn-table,is whirled main skid during the ascent shall face dutwardly along the supplemental skid toward the place it is desired that the barrel shall occupy. The barrel is'then rolled off the turntable onto and along said supplemental skid to said place, the turn-table being meanwhile returned to position by the spring a/fireadv to receive another barrel as it comes up the skid. The turn-table is capable of being removed altogether when desired, and thus when the supplemental skid is arranged in line with the main skid the barrels are permitted to be rolled directly from one to the other without stopping.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure 1. The combination of the main skid A,

elevated at one end, and the supplemental skid B, pivoted thereto upon the elevated end, sub= stantially asset forth.

2. The combination of a main skid elevated at one end and an extensible supplel mental skid, substantially as set forth. l

3. The combination of the main skid A and l the supplemental skid B, pivoted thereto and constructed ofseetions adjustable upon each other, substantially as set forth.

l l l l l 6. The combination, with a barrelsk-id, of 40 a spring-mounted turntable, the spring whereof operates to return the turn-table to its normal position.

7. The combination,with a barrel-skid pro vided with legs,of supplemental or adjustable legs, whereby the height of the elevated end of the skid can be regulated, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of the skid A, having legs A, on which are clips (4'', and projections ALBERT U. GRUMMANN. [L S] In presence ot O. BRADFORD, CHAS. L. THURBER.

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